Elementary · Washington
Downing Elementary School
Free meals for allDowning Elementary School, a public elementary school in Tacoma, Washington: grades pre-k–5, 298 students, 18.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Tacoma School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 298
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.5
- Students per teacher
- 18.1
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in Washington
Median 15.7 · 1,220 schools compared
More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 78% of elementary schools in Washington
Median 405 · 1,229 schools compared
Smaller than 73% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Tacoma School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Tacoma School District.
Location
- Address
- 5130 N. 26th Street, Tacoma, WA 98406
- Phone
- (253)571-7100
- City or town
- Tacoma
- County
- Pierce County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Skyline Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 329 | 15.2 |
Tacoma Online Elementary SchoolFully virtualFree meals for all | K–5 | 144 | 12.9 |
Jefferson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 358 | 18.5 |
Washington Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 383 | 19.8 |
Sherman Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 432 | 20.1 |
Point Defiance Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 301 | 16.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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